This wonderful slideshow, accompanied by music by Welsh band 'The Stereophonics' is the first thing we look at in class: what questions does it inspire about WW1 and War in general?: WW1 slideshow
www.activehistory.co.uk contains an excellent decision making game 'you are the Kaiser'. You have to login: ask your teacher for the login details
The BBC history site contains a wealth of information. Of particular use for the Schlieffen Plan is this flash animation of the beginning and course of the war: The Western Front Animation
WW1 - Trench warfare
Trench Warfare Game. In this game you play the part of a Canadian soldier on the western front, can you make the correct decisions and live through the 'Great War'? http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/overtop/index_e.html - there is audio so use your headphones if you are in class!
Links for family history programmes (some are paid for programmes: I haven't tried them out so can't guarantee their usefulness!), you don't NEED any of these to do the project,
http://citationmachine.net/
Introduction
This wonderful slideshow, accompanied by music by Welsh band 'The Stereophonics' is the first thing we look at in class: what questions does it inspire about WW1 and War in general?: WW1 slideshow
Wikipedia Article on WW1 (PDF format):
WW1 Causes of WW1
www.activehistory.co.uk contains an excellent decision making game 'you are the Kaiser'. You have to login: ask your teacher for the login details
The BBC history site contains a wealth of information. Of particular use for the Schlieffen Plan is this flash animation of the beginning and course of the war: The Western Front Animation
WW1 - Trench warfare
Trench Warfare Game. In this game you play the part of a Canadian soldier on the western front, can you make the correct decisions and live through the 'Great War'? http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/overtop/index_e.html - there is audio so use your headphones if you are in class!
Questions for canadian trenches website.doc - Download this sheet and answer the questions whilst doing the website activity above.
BBC site, outstanding for information, pictures of trenches, interactive stuff etc
Images from the Battle of the Somme: http://www.cwgc.org/somme/imagelibrary/imagebrowser_front.asp
Information on day to day life in the trenches: http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww1_trenches_life.shtml
BBC game on WW1 tactics & weapons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/games.shtml
Sorting game: can you sort the pieces of information into which weapon they apply to? It's a race against the clock: highest 5 scores in class wins a merit!
Be a general, an interactive decision making game: http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/westernfront/Western%20Front%20Sim.htm
Battle of the Somme useful weblinks and assessment guide
Check list for your video script:
General written summary: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/battle_somme.shtml
BBC animated map of the Somme and description: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_somme_map.shtml
Detailed written summary including primary sources: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWsomme.htm
Newpaper report from the time (careful with this one!): http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/mirror04_01.shtml
Written summary with sources: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/somme.htm
Intepretations, different ways of looking at the Battle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/wfront3_01.shtml
Information on General Haig, Commander and Chief of the British forces at The Somme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/wfront3_01.shtml
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14
Battle of the Somme Cemetery list: http://www.somme-1916.com/cemeteries.htm
British Army Ranks
Guidance on how to produce your trench video diary
PowerPoint guide to drafting your trench diary:
How to compress the movie using a MacBook. Download here if you can't see the video below, guide to compress imovie.mov
Family History Project materials
PowerPoint:
Guidance sheet:
Links for family history programmes (some are paid for programmes: I haven't tried them out so can't guarantee their usefulness!), you don't NEED any of these to do the project,
For Mac:
http://www.leisterpro.com/
http://ifamilyfortiger.com/
For PC:
http://www.familysearch.org/
Christmas Truce research links
The Wikipedia article on this is pretty good, but you need to be able to find it!
http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/xmas.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
There is a BBC News story on the christmas truce: you expert students will have to find a way of getting to it though!
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm
http://www.christmastruce.co.uk/
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/061.html
http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/xmast.htm
The End of WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles
Brief 'Fast Facts' Revision Video: Watch This for an overview of some of the things you NEED to know for the test after Chinese New Year:
Brief article on the end of WW1
Activehistory sorting task on the events leading to the end of the war (login required)
Key Terms of the Treaty of Versailles (Word Document): Final terms of the Treaty of Versailles.doc
Youtube Video on the terms of the Treaty of Versailles:
Slideshow on the Treaty of Versailles
Description of the Treaty of Versailles and why it was significant
PowerPoint on the Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles used in class:
Peace and Future Cannon Fodder Cartoon image: versailles_cannonfodder.jpg
The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
Worksheet on how and why Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany:
YouTube Video on the Rise of the Nazi Party (big video, may take a while to load):
Online Lesson from schoolhistory on How and Why Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany
Rise of Hitler online articles (some of these are extremely detailed):
The response of Britain & France: APPEASEMENT
Wikipedia article on appeasement (pdf download):
'Scraps of Paper' Video from British News about Hitler's invasion of the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles:
Quicktime format: Scraps of paper Treaty of Versailles.mov
Windows Media Format: scraps of paper hitler and treaty of versailles.WMV
Worksheet with the arguments for and against the policy of appeasement: